According to a report in the Guardian over the weekend, the British government is set to tighten up its operator requirements regarding fixed odds betting terminals (FOBTs) in UK high street bookie shops. The newspaper reports that Britain’s prime minister, David Cameron, has taken a personal interest in the issue following extensive media and political …
In the United Kingdom, the Gambling (Licensing and Advertising) Bill has emerged from the Houses of Commons and the Lords and now awaits only Royal Assent, which is expected in May. The bill, which is founded on the concept that gambling takes place at the point of consumption, requires all remote gambling operators seeking to …
UK companies involved in the manufacture of the controversial Fixed Odds Betting Terminals found in UK betting shops are to meet with British government officials on the recent imposition of punitive tax rates, reports the publication This Is Money. FOBTs have become the subject of intense media and political debate over contested claims that they …
Reports by Australian players on several forums indicate that the quaintly-named Gnuf online casino has been absorbed by its larger sister Betway, and that Aussies are now excluded from both. Strangely, this seems to have been done with little thought given to actually telling players in advance what was about to happen, irritating Aussie online …
The report on internet gambling legalisation by the Pennsylvania Legislative Budget & Finance Committee is due for presentation in May and should reignite the debate on whether to legalise or not. Late in November last year the state Senate approved a resolution by Senate President Pro Tempore Joe Scarnati that tasked the committee to investigate …
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation reported Friday that the British Columbia Lottery Corporation, which operates online gambling as well as the provincial lottery, is to retrench 67 members of staff in a cost-cutting drive. The paring will wherever possible be achieved through normal attrition and voluntary retirements in the Vancouver and Kamloops offices of the BCLC, …
Hopes that an early Supreme Court hearing on New Jersey’s appeal regarding its failed attempt to overthrow the federal Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA) faded this week as the news emerged that the major sports leagues and the US Department of Justice had been dilatory in submitting their case, and had been given …
Democrat Representative Bobby Moak of Mississippi, a long-time proponent of legalised and regulated online gambling in his state, will be pleased with the news that a task force charged with researching online gambling possibilities has been appointed, and will report on its findings before the end of 2014. On Friday Mississippi House Gaming Committee chairman …
Cloud based streaming technology specialist Octoshape has agreed to partner with the digital media and live sports betting company Vermantia in a bid to develop a high-tech, broadband streamed information and sports gaming product for operators. The offering will integrate Octoshape’s streaming technology with Vermantia’s live sports betting, virtual gaming and sport-related content, making accessibility …
The Yorkshire, England sports betting company Small-Bet.com has agreed a deal with Texas-based skill games developer Snakehead Software that will see the latter’s games accessible to punters on the betting site, making it possible for peer-to-peer betting on skill gaming competitions. Founded in 2010 by gamer Neil Spence, Small Bet Limited is based in Harrowgate, …
GameAccount Network’s content provision deal earlier this year with Konami is already delivering benefits in the form of an online casino partnership with the Osage Nation, which operates seven land casino properties in Oklahoma. The Konami partnership requires GameAccount to provide a complete turnkey gaming solution to Konami’s land-based casino customers like the Osage Nation …
More detail is now available on Thursday’s reports that local and Florida police were about to release details on a fresh enforcement initiative against internet cafe gambling (see previous report). At a press conference late Thursday, enforcement officials said that search and arrest warrants had been executed across six counties in the latest operation, and …
Bwin.Party Digital Entertainment’s controversial new share awards to top management are now in effect, despite a third of shareholders opposing the plan, which was justified on grounds that the company’s share price had fallen so far that the previous incentive and bonus packages became untenable. With the company’s market capitalisation shrunk by almost 40 percent, …
Police in Phnom Penh, Cambodia report that in a raid on a luxury apartment complex they have arrested 15 South Koreans who were allegedly running an online gambling ring. National Police spokesman General Kirth Chantharith said the raid followed a week-long investigation after police received a tip-off. “This group was followed for more than a …
The National Conference of State Legislatures has joined the growing number of influential bodies challenging the Sheldon Adelson-funded attempts to federally ban online gambling in the United States through bills introduced recently by Sen. Lindsey Graham and Rep. Jason Chaffetz (see previous reports). The Washington DC publication The Hill reports that in a letter to …
Florida enforcement agencies are clearly determined to stamp out internet cafe gambling, embarking on a second wave of raids and prosecutions following the monumental Allied Veterans of America busts last year . The Associated Press news agency reports that raids across five Florida counties have resulted in a new wave of arrests which officials were …
Another trade association – this time the North American Association of State & Provincial Lotteries (NASPL) has come out against Sheldon Adelson’s attempt to ban all online gambling in the United States through federal bills introduced recently by Sen. Lindsey Graham and Rep. Jason Chaffetz . In a letter to Sen. Graham this week, the …
Former Playtech chairman Roger Withers has joined Teddy Sagi’s newly AIM-listed payment processing company SafeCharge International Group Limited as non-executive chairman of the board. Withers has more than 30 years’ experience in the leisure and gaming industries, and has been an advisor of Playtech Limited since October 2013, and is chairman of Tote Direct. He …
The French regulator L’autorité de regulation des jeux en ligne (ARJEL) has announced the appointment of corporate veteran Gilles Crespin as its new chief executive. promoting him from within the organisation to take the reins from Frédéric Epaulard, who is retiring. Crespin was previously a deputy director general and has been with the regulator since …
Online slots fans have much to look forward to in April, with both Microgaming and Net Entertainment lining up new games with diverse and interesting themes. Net Entertainment’s Lights slot is a 5-reel, 3-row, 9-line game featuring Free Spins and Floating Wilds set against a calm, Zen-like Asian landscape at dusk. During every spin, fireflies …
The Danish sports betting software company Enetpulse has sold off its football information site SoccerStand to Czech company LiveSportMedia for an undisclosed consideration. LiveSportMedia has revamped the site and says that it will be integrated into the company’s range of sports websites, benefitting from a visitor base of 40 million international readers. Technical work on …
The Cheltenham Festival racing week has gone into the books as a success, with online punters laying down GBP 74.6 million over four days, reports payment processor DataCash, which revealed Thursday that it had processed 2.77 million wagers over the four days of the festival last month. The volume of interest and wagering represents a …
An extensive study of the Australian gambling scene commissioned from local academics in 2011 by Gambling Research Australia, has been concluded and published under the no-nonsense title of ‘Interactive Gambling.’ Funded by the Commonwealth, State and Territory governments, the research was carried out by an impressive list of high profile Aussie academics, including: Professor Nerilee …
The Greek betting group OPAP is hoping that its online gambling venture, scheduled to get into gear this year in partnership with GTech, will help boost its disappointing recent results (see previous reports). In its latest annual report covering operations throughout 2013, the company says that sportsbetting will receive priority in the online venture, followed …